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Q.Find the area of the region bounded by (x−1)2+y2=1(x-1)^2+y^2=1 and x2+y2=1x^2+y^2=1 OR Find the area of a minor segment of the circle x2+y2=a2x^2+y^2=a^2 cut off by the line x=a2x=\frac{a}{2}.

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The two circles x2+y2=1x^2+y^2=1 (centre origin) and (x−1)2+y2=1(x-1)^2+y^2=1 (centre (1,0)(1,0)) intersect at x=1/2x=1/2; integrate to find the common (lens-shaped) area.

Expanding (x−1)2+y2=1(x-1)^2+y^2=1 gives x2+y2=2xx^2+y^2=2x. Setting this equal to x2+y2=1x^2+y^2=1: 2x=1⇒x=122x=1 \Rightarrow x=\dfrac12, the vertical line through both intersection points (12,±32)\left(\dfrac12,\pm\dfrac{\sqrt3}{2}\right).

By symmetry about the xx-axis, the common area is

Area=2[∫01/22x−x2 dx+∫1/211−x2 dx]\text{Area} = 2\left[\int_0^{1/2}\sqrt{2x-x^2}\,dx + \int_{1/2}^{1}\sqrt{1-x^2}\,dx\right]

For the first integral, complete the square: 2x−x2=1−(x−1)22x-x^2=1-(x-1)^2, so with u=x−1u=x-1:

∫01/21−(x−1)2 dx=[(x−1)22x−x2+12sin⁡−1(x−1)]01/2=π6−38\int_0^{1/2}\sqrt{1-(x-1)^2}\,dx = \left[\frac{(x-1)}{2}\sqrt{2x-x^2}+\frac12\sin^{-1}(x-1)\right]_0^{1/2} = \frac{\pi}{6}-\frac{\sqrt3}{8}

For the second integral, the standard formula ∫a2−x2dx=x2a2−x2+a22sin⁡−1xa\int\sqrt{a^2-x^2}dx=\frac x2\sqrt{a^2-x^2}+\frac{a^2}{2}\sin^{-1}\frac xa with a=1a=1 gives …

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